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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic. [1]

22 relations: Andries Pretorius, Broederstroom, Cape Colony, Commandant-general, Daniel Jacobus Erasmus, Dutch Reformed Church, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Graaff-Reinet, Head of state, Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, Johannes Brand, North West (South African province), Orange Free State, Paul Kruger, Piet Joubert, Potchefstroom, Pretoria, South African Republic, State President of the Orange Free State, State President of the South African Republic, Voortrekkers, Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg.

Andries Pretorius

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 179823 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa.

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Broederstroom

Broederstroom is a small town situated on the Daspoortrand in the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains in the North West Province of South Africa.

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Cape Colony

The Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), was a British colony in present-day South Africa, named after the Cape of Good Hope.

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Commandant-general

Commandant-general is a military rank in several countries and is generally equivalent to that of commandant.

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Daniel Jacobus Erasmus

Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (1830 - 1913) was a South African Boer political figure.

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Dutch Reformed Church

The Dutch Reformed Church (in or NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation until 1930.

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Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley

Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army.

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Graaff-Reinet

Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Head of state

A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state.

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Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (31 January 1808 – 21 April 1881) was a South African (Boer) statesman, member of the Voortrekker movement, and the second state president of the Orange Free State, in office from 1855 to 1859.

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Johannes Brand

Sir Johannes Henricus Brand, (popularly known as Jan Brand and sometimes as John Henry Brand) (6 December 1823, Cape Town – 14 July 1888, Bloemfontein) was a South African lawyer and politician, and the fourth state president of the Orange Free State, from 2 February 1864 until his death in 1888.

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North West (South African province)

North West is a province of South Africa.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrijstaat, Oranje-Vrystaat, abbreviated as OVS) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which later became a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

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Paul Kruger

Stephanus Johannes Paulus "Paul" Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900.

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Piet Joubert

Petrus Jacobus Joubert (20 January 1831 or 1834 – 28 March 1900), better known as Piet Joubert, was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900.

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Potchefstroom

Potchefstroom is an academic city in the North-West Province of South Africa.

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Pretoria

Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng, South Africa.

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South African Republic

The South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.

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State President of the Orange Free State

This is a list of State Presidents of the Orange Free State.

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State President of the South African Republic

This is a list of State Presidents of the South African Republic (Before 1866 President van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and after 1866 Staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek).

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Voortrekkers

The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for pioneers, or "pathfinders" or "fore-trekkers") were Boer pastoralists from the frontiers of the Cape Colony who migrated eastwards during the Great Trek.

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Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg

Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (16 May 1818 – 13 August 1865) was the second president of the Executive Council of the South African Republic of the South African Republic, from 1863 to 1864.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthinus_Wessel_Pretorius

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